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CIGAR BUNGHING TOOL. No. 322,357. Patented July 14, 1885.

WITNESSES: I INVENTOR 9/ @wp/u BY 1' 6 Q JWWXQM ATTORNEY N. PETERS, Photo'ulhvgnphar. WjahinginrL I10 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NIOOLAUS DOETSOH, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN B. KLEE, OF SAME PLACE.

ClGAR-BUNCHING TOOL.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,357, dated July 14, 1885.

Application filed December 10, 1884. (X model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICOLAUS Donrson, of

Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oigar-Bunching Tools; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hand-tools for formingcigar-bunches; and it consists in thepeculiar construction of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a funnel. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a plunger used therewith. Fig. 3 is a similar view of aplate or stopper. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a part of the lower half of a cigarqnold board and the devices shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 in use.

A represents the lower half of a cigar-mold board of ordinary construction, the molds B 2 5 being of any suitable shape.

O is a funnel, oblong in shape, and having its discharge-spout b conforming to the contour of and slightly smaller than the mouth of the molds. Ears a are attached to the funnel for the specific purpose hereinafter referred to.

E is a plunger or. follower-block conforming in cross-section to the outline of the funnelspout, and having its under face slightly 3 5 curving or arched and oppositely conforming to the shape of the cigar-mold.

. H is a plate provided with a depending flange, and is designed to cover the mold adjacent to the one being filled, as shown in 4.0 Fig. 4.

In practice, the funnel, with the binder, is fitted into one of the molds, as shown in Fig. 4, and a sufficient amount of filler material placed therein, with the follower E resting on top of the material. By putting the index- 5 finger of each hand on top of the follower and the thumbs through the ears to, and then lifting with the thumbs and pressing with the fingers the funnel is withdrawn and the filler is at the same time pressed into the mold. The shape of the under side of the follower, aided by the judicious distribution of the filler before applyingthe follower, 'will force the filler into the mold in the proper way to give the bunch the desired form, after which the 5 5 bunch is enveloped by the binder in any suitable manner.

No claim is herein made to the process of making the bunches, as that is claimedin my application No. 130,171, filed May 2, 1884, of which this is a division; nor is any claim made to the plate H in this case, as that forms the subjectmatter of an application of even date herewith, Serial No. 149,983, also filed as a division of the aforesaid application No. 65.

I attach importance to the ears or rings a, on opposite sides of the funnel O, as they serve an important function in the operation of the device, and their place could not be Witnesses:

CHARLES J HUNT, H. S. SPRAGUE. 

